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Article: Plain as the nose on your face. (sense of smell)
- Article from:
- Vibrant Life
- Article date:
- July 1, 1992
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Researchers are breathing new life into our most neglected sense-smell.
A construction company in Tokyo filters a lemon scent into a hotel center to energize visitors in early-morning conferences. In the East London subway, "tea bags" filled with the odor of rose, hyacinth, or apple blossom are activated each time a passenger sits down. American researchers are placing odors in textbooks to see if they'll sharpen reading comprehension and memory.
Sound like a whiff of the future? Think again.
For centuries, the olfactory sense has been relegated to sniffing out hazardous waste or detecting spoiled food. While studies on vision and hearing have ...